What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,439.10 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, JACQUELINE H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $147,438.49 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREUNDLICH, LESTER G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $147,435.10 | Date 08/31/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, SOBRINA | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,433.75 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEHN, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,429.93 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, KYLE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,425.69 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OCHWAT, JOHN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,423.97 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEY, ROBERT S | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $147,413.98 | Date 11/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIMUCCI, JOSEPH T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $147,403.63 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THOMAS F | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $147,403.04 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, HARRY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $147,399.83 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARIBAULT, KENNETH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,397.46 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, RAYMOND P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,394.13 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, ADAM C | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $147,393.23 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BARRY J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $147,388.80 | Date 02/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, JOHN W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $147,380.57 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTROM, JOHN R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $147,380.57 | Date 01/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, AUDREY E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $147,380.00 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, JAMES A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $147,378.05 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLOWAY, MONCRIEFF W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,370.43 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FETZER, RICHARD C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,369.63 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, SHARLY P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $147,363.01 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANE, PRASHANT M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,360.95 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC MONIGLE, SHANNON M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,357.51 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL VECCHIO, MARK A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,354.84 | Date 07/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, DONALD A, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $147,353.37 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, LEONARD, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $147,352.07 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, JOSE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $147,350.58 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JUSTIN A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $147,349.99 | Date 08/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, FREDERICK L, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,347.83 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JAMES R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,346.28 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAUSNER, GREGORY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,345.63 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, DANA MICHAEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,344.99 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERBA, AMANDA B | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $147,343.03 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIK, AARON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,342.21 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARSTEN, EILEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,338.35 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SGANGA, JOHN F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,335.81 | Date 05/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYLAN, CHRIS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,326.94 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIASECKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,323.16 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILL, KEITH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,322.82 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARDINE, ANNE S | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $147,318.54 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANISZEWSKI, JEFF P | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $147,316.22 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPSON, CHARLES E | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $147,309.99 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, BRIAN T | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $147,309.82 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, CHRISTINE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $147,307.53 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBERT, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $147,303.81 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOWTHER, CHARLES H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $147,303.40 | Date 12/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOBBE, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $147,302.31 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, NICOLE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $147,297.63 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITRIONE, JAMES M | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $147,287.99 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANSON, LORRAINE B | Employer name Bronxville UFSD | Amount $147,276.17 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JERRY W, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,275.16 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ENTEE, MARION A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $147,275.01 | Date 06/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, ROBERT C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,267.90 | Date 12/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJUKWU, CHUKWUMA U | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $147,259.72 | Date 09/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILL, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $147,258.15 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ASTIS, HANNAH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $147,255.55 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURMER, KEVIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,255.16 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, RITA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,249.59 | Date 06/18/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSKI, AMY L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,238.29 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERLE, JAMES S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,235.80 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JASON A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,233.96 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,230.50 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KREUTZ, JOSEPH W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,223.87 | Date 10/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, JEFFREY F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,222.27 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIETKIEWICZ, JOHN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $147,221.96 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTON, STEVEN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $147,217.52 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, EDWARD J, JR | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $147,211.84 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REDMOND, PIERCE G | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $147,211.66 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, WILLIAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,209.70 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERSKINE, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,208.55 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELL, GRETCHEN H | Employer name Nanuet Public Library | Amount $147,208.17 | Date 04/07/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASAK, BABLU K | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $147,206.88 | Date 01/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, JAMES K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,201.46 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATOS, LOUIS W | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $147,189.15 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VIOHL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $147,186.24 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEL PRIORE, NUNZIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $147,183.00 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JANICE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $147,178.39 | Date 03/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISA, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,172.51 | Date 05/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFT, YVONNE K | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $147,169.63 | Date 01/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLETIER, GEORGE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,164.38 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PROSPO, JAMI A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,162.94 | Date 03/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIELE, JOSEPH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $147,162.07 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HISTAND, HALDANA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $147,160.95 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, HIRAM L, III | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $147,159.00 | Date 10/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, CYRIL A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $147,159.00 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVILLE, MICHAEL B | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $147,155.00 | Date 12/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $147,153.57 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINMUELLER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $147,150.48 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GELTZER, ELISE A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $147,149.07 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKIN, CHARLES E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $147,147.28 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOKROSH, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,144.80 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES J | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $147,140.80 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCMIEROWSKI, DONALD | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,137.35 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZARCONE, LAURA C | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $147,137.02 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, KATHRYN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,132.82 | Date 12/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLATT, STEPHEN J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $147,128.32 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCCHIOLA, THOMAS V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $147,127.68 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLE, MICHELINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $147,126.64 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYNIHAN, DANIEL S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $147,121.85 | Date 07/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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